Improvement in tidy-pins



' H. HQNEWTON, lmplrovernen in Tidy-Pins.

N0. 115,533. Patented June, 1871.

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HIAL H. NEWTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

iMPRovEsu-:NT iN 'flint-Pins.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,633, dated I une 6,1871.

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, Hmm' H. NEWTON, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Tidy-Pin;and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of pins employed to fasten a tidy tothe cloth back of a chair or sofa, on which I believe myself to hayemadea newand valuable improvement.

I have discovered aprinciple of construction or new Way of shaping thepin, which consists in so combining a lateral or branched head with apair oi' opposite and short corrugations that a narrowr recess is formedbetween them, in which the fabric will lie and prevent the pin fromworking loose or slipping out.

B B representtwoparallelprongs5 A A, two slight eorrugations near thehead 5 and C, a laterally-branched head, preferably of the form shown.

As the cloth of parlor sofas and chairs is closely drawn, has verylittle elasticity, and is also very expensive, it is highly importantthat the threads shall not he forced apart to any very appreciableextent; hence I make the prongs of my pin perfectly straight andparallel up to the corrugations, and after they are passed, While thecorrugations themselves are small, so as to create but a slight lateralpressi ure and allow the little elasticity of the cloth to bring itquickly within the recess. The lat erally-branched and spacious form ofhead is also an essential requisite in carrying out my design, which isto form a pin that shall remain firmly attached to the cloth and retainrmly the open net-Work of which the tidy is composed.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a' full understanding ofmy invention, what I esteem to be new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is-

The combination, with a pair of straight and parallel prongs, B B, ofthe opposite corrugations A A, and laterally-bran ched head C, arrangedto form an intermediate narrow recess, as and for the purpose specified.

HIAL H. NEWTON. Witnesses:

` GEO. S. KAIN,

GRANT E. GARLocK.

